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December 19, 2010

It's a Freaky Sneaky Peeky!

Welcome to the December Freak's Blog Tour, where your intense, passionate desire to see all the new SCHTUFF coming up in Stampin' Up!'s new Occasions mini catalog and Sale-A-Brations brochure is about to be gratified!

If you came by Connie Babbert's blog, you are in the right place! If you started here, fear not, you will be able to get all the way around the tour if you just keep clicking onward at the bottom of each post.

While I haven't had a whole lot of time to stamp lately, I managed to come up with a couple of cards to show you for the tour! Both my cards feature the new set "Nature Walk". Lookie:

OMGOJUS!!! (YILM!) I must say I am seriously addicted to this new embossing folder and can't stop using it!

You may be looking at the bird and asking yourself, HOW did she manage to watercolor over Early Espresso ink without making it run? Hee hee...That's a little secreto of mine that I hope to reveal later in the week in the form of a video tutorial, sadly lacking on this blog lately. I hope to get some breathing space this week and crank out more than one!

Now, are you ready for even MORE stampin' jeenyus? I hope so, 'cause lookie:

Yes, I combined the Woodgrain technique with this embossing folder, producing the look of carved wood. I know, I know! Sheer STAMPIN' JEENYUS and GOJUS to boot! (YILM!) I had this notion for a naturalist's sketchbook and it just evolved from there.

I again used my special technique with watercoloring the images on this card. Stay tuned later for a tutorial on it!

Love how you used that embossing folder over the woodgrain paper - I think the folder will probably find it's way into my shopping cart when they do release the mini - thanks so much for sharing your creations